March 9, 2019

91 Tribal Art Auction

Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Australia, Asia, Oceania and North America. Non-European art from international private collections. Royal arts of the Akan people from the Swiss collection of Roland Hartmann.

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Highlights

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Lot 24: Figure of a monk with beard, 19th century
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Lot 26: Head sculpture of "luohan", Sung Dynasty (960 -1279)
1/4
Lot 28: Rare Imperial "Dragon" Throne Seat Cushion, 1850 - 1900
1/4
Lot 36: Monster mask "Zeebad", 18th century or older
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Lot 46: War shield "yemes"
1/8
Lot 49: Overmodeled ancestor skull
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Lot 64: Anthropomorphic amulet pendant "hei-tiki", 19th century
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Lot 93: Maternité
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Lot 105: Standing female figure with receptacle
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Lot 107: Hyena or cheetah mask
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Lot 118: Male head sculpture "mma"
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Lot 119: Male face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
1/6
Lot 120: Sitting male figure "asie usu"
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Lot 129: Anthropo-/ zoomorphic mask "n'gré (or glé)"
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Lot 139: Beautiful female mask "gu" with animal horns
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Lot 147: Staff "tefalipitya"
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Lot 154: Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
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Lot 155: Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
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Lot 158: Pendant with mask
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Lot 161: Pendant in shape of a lizard
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Lot 163: Ornament pendant in form of a ram head
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Lot 167: Chief's ring "mpetea" with "starbursts"
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Lot 183: Chief's ring "mpetea" with mudfish
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Lot 203: Memorial head of the brasscasters guild, 18th - 19th century
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Lot 209: Standing male figure
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Lot 224: Standing male figure "ihambe"
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Lot 268: Large helmet-shaped buffalo mask "nya"
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Lot 279: Royal memorial figure "lefem"
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Lot 281: Male reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri"
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Lot 285: Helmet mask "emboli" or "mbuto"
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Lot 286: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu", before 1929
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Lot 288: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
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Lot 289: Staff half figure "baké", around 1900
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Lot 303: Nail Fetish "nkisi n'kondi"
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Lot 304: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 335: Small power figure "mbulenga"
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Lot 355: Power half figure "nkisi"
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Lot 372: Caryatid stool
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Lot 382: Cloak "lembd" and headband "anfarro" of a General's uniform
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Lot 383: Magnificent shield "tafa gassa", late 19th century

91 Tribal Art Auction

Lot 52 : Ceremonial club
Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province, May River
sold EUR 550
Lot 53 : Ancestor spirit mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 54 : Standing male figure
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Iatmul
not available anymore
Lot 55 : War club
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 56 : Club
New Caledonia
Ulrich Klever, St. Georgen, Germany Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 58 : Decorative bow
Solomon Islands
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 59 : War club "sali"
Fidji Islands
Ernst von Sieglin (1848-1927), Stuttgart, Germany Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Germany (I.C.49908) Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 60 : War club "sali"
Fidji Islands
German Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 61 : Throwing club "ula kitu"
Fidji Islands
Museum, Hamburg (1902) Ulrich Klever (1922-1990), St. Georgen, Germany Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 62 : Rootstock club "nokonoko"
Fidji Islands
German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 63 : Rare shark-tooth sword
Kiribati - Gilbert Islands
Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germany Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 950
Lot 64 : Anthropomorphic amulet pendant "hei-tiki", 19th century
New Zealand, Maori
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 65 : Hand club "kotiate paraoa"
New Zealand, Maori
not available anymore
Lot 66 : Adze blade "toki"
New Zealand, Maori
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany Michael Evans, Dijon, France
not available anymore
Lot 67 : War club "nifo’oti"
Samoa
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1988) Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 68 : War club "bowai" ("povai")
Tonga
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, Germany Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 69 : Fighting club
Australia, New South Wales
Holger Hofmann, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 70 : Parrying shield
Western Australia
not available anymore
Lot 71 : Parrying shield
Australia
not available anymore
Lot 72 : Spearthrower "woomera"
Australia
Douglas Barrett, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 73 : Boomerang
Australia
not available anymore
Lot 74 : Boomerang
Australia
not available anymore
Lot 75 : Classic hunting boomerang
Australia, Central
not available anymore
Lot 76 : Long fighting boomerang
Australia
not available anymore
Lot 77 : Sculpture of a "mimih" spirit
Kuningbal, Crusoe (1922-1984), Western Arnhem Land, Kuninjku
not available anymore
Lot 78 : Idol
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
sold EUR 950
Lot 79 : Four miniature seal sculptures
Canada - Alaska - Greenland, Inuit
not available anymore
Lot 80 : Snow goggles "ilgaak or iggaak"
Canada - Greenland, Inuit/ Yupik
not available anymore
Lot 81 : Die Altertümer von Benin
Luschan, Felix von
sold EUR 400
Lot 82 : Art Decoratif Tshokwe
Bastin, Marie Louise / Museu do Dundo (Angola)
sold EUR 550
Lot 83 : Shield
Sudan, Nilotic group, Dinka / Nuer / Shilluk
not available anymore
Lot 84 : Bracelet
Sudan
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 700
Lot 85 : Standing female figure
Sudan, Bari
not available anymore
Lot 86 : Commemorative figure "ngya"
Sudan, Bongo
André Kirbach, Düssedorf, Germany (2004) Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 87 : Stone figure "pomdo"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
German Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 89 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
Private Collection, Tübingen, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 91 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
sold EUR 900
Lot 92 : Two standing female figures
Guinea, Baga
sold EUR 750
Lot 93 : Maternité
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
Alberto Telles de Hutra Machado, Lisbon, Portugal (1920-50) Bernard de Grunne, Brussels, Belgium (2013)
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 94 : Seated male figure "iran" in colon style
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
not available anymore
Lot 95 : Soul container figure "iran otibago"
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
sold EUR 900
Lot 96 : Soul container figure "iran otibago"
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 97 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 98 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 99 : Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 100 : Monkey mask "ngon"
Mali, Bamana
Iwanovski, Nancy, France
not available anymore
Lot 101 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 102 : Staff "solima bere"
Mali, Bamana
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 104 : Female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection (before 1945)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 105 : Standing female figure with receptacle
Mali, Bamana
Hélène Leloup, Paris, France Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore